Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said that Michael Avenatti, or someone like him, could be the Democrat’s answer to President Trump in 2020.

“If Bernie Sanders had an ounce of Avenatti’s fearlessness, he would’ve been the Democratic nominee, and we would have had a much tougher time beating him,” said Bannon, who appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday. “Avenatti … has a fearlessness and is a fighter. I think he’ll go through a lot of this field if he decides to stick with it. I don’t think a professional politician is going to be there at the end of the day.”